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[A7 Android Development] DroidxRage:
So where are we? Am I correct in below:

1.You can boot into CW recovery using an update.zip.

2.You can seemingly access the options.

3.The navigation buttons are not mapped, so we can't navigate the menu correctly

4.We can't make it boot into recovery to do backups, but we can do it manually now

Am I on track with the progress here?
[A7 Android Development] Elementix:
sounds about right..
[A7 Android Development] 5[Strogino]:
1. Yeah. We can flash CWM recovery via two ways (flash_image or nvflash)

2. Yes. Menu with new options.

3. Yes. We can't navigate cause only two buttons work. And they work identically

4. Mmm. Which backups? We can run into APX-mode and backup whole partitions.

While buttons are not working - we can not check options (nandroid, mount sd and others)
[A7 Android Development] masterfred:
I got an A7 too,

Why would you drop such projects ?

Cause time/effort for the results is not working.

We will never get multi-touch on this tablet and the community is way to small to get cooks and any change of Honeycomb upgrade. No 3.0 ... the A7 is dead.

Mine will go to eBay
[A7 Android Development] Elementix:
Yep, I realized that shortly after it arrived at my doorstep. Need to get it on ebay ASAP to try to get the majority of what I paid for it back and put it towards my WiFi Xoom..
[A7 Android Development] 5[Strogino]:
Dark dark night is in Moscow... and i have some good news.

I remapped keys, successfully built and tested Clockwork Recovery

I need more time to setup git and give changes to Koush

Tested features:

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache

wipe battery stats

wipe dalvik-cache

backup

restore
[A7 Android Development] rombold:
http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/02/clockwork-recovery-image.html

A7 is listed does that mean its fully operational?
[A7 Android Development] 5[Strogino]:
Not yet

There is old version like this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11750134&postcount=8

This version is not recommended to flash

Wait a little, i pulled changes to koush.
[A7 Android Development] rombold:
What all will this do for us A7 users
[A7 Android Development] 5[Strogino]:
Custom recovery extends functionality. It contains

- scripts to wipe apart (data, cache, dalvik-cache, sd, battery stats)

- ability to install any zip from sdcard (forget about naming update.zip)

- nandroid backup (you can backup current state including system partition and restore even you broke system)

- something more like ability to install non-signed zips

With custom recovery ROM's installation is very easy
[A7 Android Development] DroidxRage:
It makes flashing ROM's safer and more convenient:

You'll be able to:

-install files that aren't named update.zip.

-make full backups with ease

-restore from any backup you have

-basically all the features that clockwork offers for phones.

(You beat me by 1 minute, Strogino!) ;-)
[A7 Android Development] rombold:
Sounds awesome can't wait till its finished. Also anxious for kernel to be released. Can't believe there isn't a way to pull that information out of the device and not wait.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
Did not see any note on how to boot into recovery, so here is the only solution i think exists..

do a

cat /system/etc/2.mbr >/dev/block/mmcblk3

this will write the value 00 00 00 02 to the first 4 bytes of mbr, which seems not to affect anything, but make it possible to reboot into recovery directly after doing this.

so end it with a regular "reboot" and it loads recovery.

but we need to fix MBR to make the partition visible to clockworkmod.
[A7 Android Development] rombold:
Has the clockwork been fixed for A7?
[A7 Android Development] bestialbub:
okay, its done and posted for folks to use. links on my twitter, cleaned factory recovery and cwm fake flash recovery.

http://twitter.com/#!/bestialbub

got questions, post 'em at the link provided on my twitter. thanks.
[A7 Android Development] Freeport36:
A7 Recovery...

Many thanks!!!
[A7 Android Development] smallba:
Great work just flashed, backedup and then restored
[A7 Android Development] Freeport36:
Tested Too...

Works great! I had to keep the file named "update" so I could get back to it after a re-start. Flashed a .zip, did a backup and tested if Rom Manager could get me directly to the CWM recovery. Sadly it didn't but still VERY happy to have this on my unit!

Next coffee or what ever is on me!
[A7 Android Development] bestialbub:
@freeport36; theres no suggestion rom manager would work with my flash. i'd think the locked bootloader would prevent my compiled recovery from being a candidate for rom manager at the moment. that, and i haven't communicated any of my progress to koush.

btw - thanks to the person that hit the donation button. i was beginning to think it didn't work. ;)

oh - and thanks to LUCK, good and bad, that allowed my laptop keyboard to still work after a liquid malfunction this afternoon that'd left it temporarily inoperable. ;)
[A7 Android Development] Freeport36:
Re: Thanks

Your welcome. I tested rom manager for my own. Didn,t mean to imply otherwise...
[A7 Android Development] rombold:
I was trying to flash my elocity with honeycomb flash and was receiving errors in the recovery. One of them was it wouldn't find the update.zip on my sdcard or see the sdcard, and would recheck for it every 5 seconds and other times it would say unable to find usb and recheck every 5 seconds. I am at work currently so I someone wants to read the errors i am receiving I will post later. I have been able to flash atleast stock elocity firmware and dextermod by using the system update. Could my recovery be messed up I had flashed the clockworkmod that bestialbulb had made and even used the fake flash zip to get into clock work and flash something which didn't work either. How can I return my recovery back to its factory setup.

(E:Can't mount USB:update.zip)

then underneath that it say (Finding update package)

then it say (Wait for 5 second)

(Installation time out)

(installation aborted)

(Formatting MISC)

these are all the thing it say during installation

I seen others had this issue before, could the CWM of bestialbulb conflict with dexrom?
[A7 Android Development] bestialbub:
i admit i have not been able to install updates using my cwm, but i havent had any probs flashing back to factory, and as you say, factory recovery flashes firmware and dex roms okay. the primary added benefit of back/restores is working in cwm, but updates still left to factory recovery.

there might be issues flashing the small patches afterwards.

keep in mind, anytime you flash dexroms or firmwares as they are, you are replacing the recovery at the same time, as they have them packaged in. the usb error you see would likely come from your tablet already having the unaltered recovery flashed back to it, because my factory recovery shouldnt be trying to mount usb. i took the script command out that does that. that error happens from the unaltered factory recovery (that you reflashed back). shouldnt be from my cleaned one.

i'll post the original factory recovery separately for funsies. theres still minor issues to iron out in cwm, and my laptops semi down for the weekend-donated the hd to some1 else till monday.
[A7 Android Development] rombold:
Ok so if I understand correctly ( and yes I did flash the elocity just for safe measure, felt better going back to original b4 anything else ) So flashing dex 1.41 Should make my recovery act normal again so I can flash the latest and greatest HC
[A7 Android Development] bestialbub:
yes, everytime you flash the factory firmware or dex's rom as they presently are, you're replacing the cleaned factory recovery i supplied with the factory recovery again. so if you had any issues w/ it, it has been replaced already.

also keep in mind, to use cwm, you would have to reflash my cleaned factory recovery before using cwm due to the factory firmware and dex's roms replacing the recovery. most roms don't usually include the recovery.img as replacement..

thanks for making me look at this today tho, i see the new scripting syntax to use now in the fake flash install script for patches/updates. i also might need to experiment with using elocity's busybox instead of cwm's for mounting.. that could explain the patching mount issues i was having in cwm as well(besides the kill errors i know about in the log and the pkill command i need to supplement in the killrecovery.sh script). i'll try it out, fix anything up i need, and post some new stuff in the next day or 2. ;)

EDIT: oh, and as someone else pointed out in another thread, don't forget to pay attention to what file is update.zip. its easy to forget what file was named what last when flashing.

i also see now where i broke my cleaned factory roms ability to patch by removing the shell services it probably needed to pass the busybox mount commands. nice taking a couple days break to get a fresh perspective. ;)
[A7 Android Development] JeepFreak:
I hadn't played with the wifey's A7 since Christmas, but she finally hit a bug that prompted a major update. I'm just trying to catch up on the progress now, but it's nice to see all of the achievements that have been made! Thanks for your efforts, especially regarding the ability to backup/restore with CWM!

Billy
[A7 Android Development] bestialbub:
i'd like to report i've finally gotten the cwm fake flash recovery corrected and can be found from my personal twitter link;

http://twitter.com/#!/bestialbub

you can now flash standard rom update.zips (roms using IMG files such as dexter's are NOT supported by CWM gb source via write_firmware_image).

YOU CAN flash dexter's PATCHES, and bestialbub's updates w/ cwm, backup your present rom, restore, and perform factory resets (formatting of /cache, /data, /sd-ext partitions).

I WILL have a repackaged factory firmware available in a separate thread where my cwm is located for use w/ cwm, so that you can flash back to factory from cwm, or use my repacked factory update to CREATE YOUR OWN mod-rom.

if you're a dev having mount issues with *YOUR* cwm fake flash recovery, please see my offering for suggested corrections.

that is all. thanks. ;)
[Nook Color General] ghoticov:
Is it possible to still read magazines after rooting the Nook? I have the Nook AP on my XOOM and I cannot read any magazines on it. My wife's Nook has not been rooted yet but she would like to be able to use it more like a Tablet and use the Nook AP to access her books. But if she can't read her magazines, she wouldn't be too happy.

Can anyone help? Thanks!
[Nook Color General] fpga_guy:
While I don't know about magazines, I was able to buy a book and use the "lend me" feature.

This. was using the native NC program with rom 1.1 an3.0.0.
[Nook Color General] sanvara:
I read magazines just fine on a rooted nook.
[Nook Color General] altimax98:
Currently the magizine feature is not avaible on the app. The main reason is the registration and subscription concerns. Soon enough it may be avalible

Sent from one of those missing Droids
[Nook Color General] jlmwrite:
I can't speak for the app, but I can confirm that my rooted NC reads my magazine subscriptions without any problems at all.
[Nook Color General] ghoticov:
How are you reading them? Through the nook AP or through another AP?
[Nook Color General] ghoticov:
Do you use an AP to read them?
[Nook Color General] swordsaint:
I would think that if you want to root the nook is because you'd like do what you want with it. (i.e.) not have to pay for stuff like that.

I use Aldiko for all my reading, imported or otherwise.
[Nook Color General] Riley76:
I rooted mine with Auto Nooter 3.00 and my B&N store and being able to download and read anything I download works just fine.
[Nook Color General] jasoraso:
As long as when you root, you stay on the stock 2.1 android, you will have the same B&N Nook app as before rooting, and magazines and childrens books work fine

If you switch to android 2.2 or 2.3 or 3.0 (honeycomb), then you need to use the standard Nook app, which won't read magazine or childrens books.
[Nook Color General] swordsaint:
What i don't get, is that one would buy a Nook Color to root it to do heavy reading.
[Nook Color General] lyam23:
Why not? That's one of its features and it's a great one at that. Sure, you may be primarily interested in using it as a tablet, but why could you not also be interested in "heavy reading"?
[Nook Color General] ghoticov:
That's answers my question perfect.

If and when I rooted, I was going to stay with the stock 2.1. My wife only wants to root it in order to install aps from the market and not be so "hand cuffed" by the B&N software.
[Nook Color General] ghoticov:
She doesn't do heavy reading.

Also, many times people buy things because they don't completely understand what the best thing to buy is.

She does read on it and she loves being able to read magazines (and the childrens books that read to them) but she also likes the idea of being able to install aps (games, FB, Twitter and so forth).
[Nook Color General] ghoticov:
I assume Auto Nooter 3.00 is pretty easy to do? I did root my Droid X but that was very simple in running the z4root file, it did everything for me.

Also, once I run Auto Nooter 3.00 will I still be able to access the B&N software (I assume that is how you are reading your mags?).
[Nook Color General] aldrixxx:
noook noook
[Nook Color General] aldrixxx:
sorrry guysss :P
[Nook Color General] miniaturepeddler:
Auto Nooter 3.00 still rests on the 2.1 kernal, and still uses the default B&N reader app that comes with that kernal, providing you with access to the Magazines.

As pointed out you only lose access to the readers if you install any of the 2.2 or 2.3 kernals that then require the 'standard' B&N Nook app for the android that you can download from the Android store.

This is one reason why I'm actually dual booting at this time. Using the autonootered Nook for my magazine reading, but using my SD card to boot to 2.2 and its much better experience as an Android tablet for everything else.

FWIW

Robyn
[Nook Color General] ghoticov:
Gotcha! I think staying on 2.1 would be fine for her... as long as she can install aps like facebook, twitter and games ... and then still be able to read her magazines and use the B&N reader that is on there. If I start trying to get her to boot from an sdcard things could go haywire quickly (for her and possibly me! lol).

Once rooted, I assume there is just a ap link that you click to go to the B&N reader which makes it operate like a stock Nook?
[Nook Color General] karlgo:
Robyn - can you provide a link to the direction on setting up mSD card to boot 2.2?

Thanks

Karl
[Nook Color General] xdabr:
This was one of my own questions -- thank you jasoraso! I would like to see a clear delineation of what you LOSE in rooting and/or in running 3rd party ROMs. So in keeping the "standard Nook app" on a rooted device you still keep the in-store-borrowing feature too?
[Nook Color General] miniaturepeddler:
Here you go Karl:

Customized 0.6.8 SD install (Froyo 2.2)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=922324

You will need to unzip the file and then flash it to a SD card. Boot and you have it.

I still use it as my backup OS when I totally pooch my EMMC installs (still play at times, and it allows me to goback to my rommanager backups).

Robyn
[Nook Color General] JLCollier2005:
Don't even need to click on an App. When rooted (and not changed, like you're going to do), it looks EXACTLY the same as it does unrooted, but adds Market (and other apps) to the Extra's menu.
[Nook Color General] human0metronome:
You can download the NOOK application from the Market. I've heard that you can't read Magazines through the it, but it's very similar to your pre-rooted NOOK software.She can also download the Amazon Kindle app, if interested. I really like that one.
[Nook Color General] human0metronome:
Sorry, I saw that the Magazine problem had already been addressed earlier in the thread, so let me add this. I haven't had any trouble downloading magazines from the NOOK bookstore on my computer and then loading them onto my NOOK. It's a bit tedious, but I've found it works.
[Nook Color General] faceman66:
I have also used the Nook PC program to download magazine subscriptions and then sideload them to my NC running CM7 and am able to read them with the Nook app no problem. Extra steps, but not too bad.
[Nook Color General] karlgo:
Thanks loads Robyn!
[Nook Color General] Paul22000:
Can you guys post how to do this?

My GF and I both have Nooks (:D) and the only thing holding her (me :D) back from upgrading her to CM7 is being able to read magazines.

If there's a way to read magazines on CM7, I'd love to know!
[Nook Color General] muzzy996:
Just tried this with my Car and Driver subscription. No go. Got a "This title is currently not available for download for this application. (Download: 2138)" error message.

Nook Color designed ebooks and eMagazines are not supported by Nook for PC so for those hoping to use Nook for PC to sideload them I believe we're still SOL.

B&N really needs to get moving on unifying their platform. The longer they take to get their products unified such that their eBooks and eMagazines are universally supported on all of their Nook software products the more customers will be frustrated and stop purchasing the content.

I for one am not going back to stock 2.1 on my NC so I'm cancelling my eMag subscriptions.
[Nook Color General] Paul22000:
Perhaps some magazines can be downloaded/sideloaded and some can't?

How did the above people do it?
[Nook Color General] n8w:
Oddly enough, I like to use my nook for reading...althought they're mostly pdfs, and its all for school. I tried nookie froyo but didn't like loosing the option of having the original ui, so I went back to 2.1. I get good enough a "tablet" experience using zeam, bit I think ill stick to my dinc for all my flashing
[Nook Color General] xterradiver:
questions

I am running froyo boot from sd

How do I turn off cell standby?

How do I get apps from market when i cannot register the device?
[Nook Color General] Hiro666:
Boy, wish I had looked into this before purchasing a magazine! Ah, well. I wonder if we will be able to read e-mags once B&N updates to 2.2 since I'm on Nookie Froyo? Seems silly that B&N has this limitation with their app since you can install it on 2.2+ devices. Bit of a fail imo.
[Nook Color General] carnagey:
Not sure about turnning off cell standby, but one way to get apps is from the google app market. It doesn't have all the android apps but you can dl and install google app market and install any of the apps they have easily enough.

You should also be able to download apps direct from websites in your browser.
[Nook Color General] Paul22000:
What is the "google app market"? (If it it's not the official, standard one.)

If it is, I don't see a way to download the apk's directly from the official app market?
[Nook Color General] orbyte:
I dual boot stock eclair rooted and CM7

when I want the "nook feel" I boot into the stock. I can read my mags and books no problem

When I want ultra super cool TABLET performance I boot into CM7

both are loaded in emmc, the thread is in the Development forum

Check it out.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] angryattheworld:
No longer supported
[Epic 4G General] antila:
Hello!

I'm running EB13.

After I'm running Voice Dial all it does, says something like "Talk, please" Then it is an error message and "Bye".

Nothing else.

How to make it work? Is it working or not?

P.S. I've installed EB13voicedialfix. Still not working.

Is there is the way to make it work somehow?
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
Not yet I'm am ocd checking these forums for a fix or new rom that contains a fix. Kinda blows

Epic 4g
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Im posting here cause my phone is force closing xda app when i hit new topic. Sorry. My apps have recently been force closing on me. The reason i came to post is today my gallery stopped loading. It starts, then "buzz......buzz buzz buzz" force close. I cant change my wallpaper. Xda has been doing this also. Need help or something. Cleared data on gallery, restarted, pulled battery. Still doesnt work.

Sent from my always stock, froyo Epic
[Epic 4G General] iamchocho:
I assume you are:

1) running a Deodexed rom

2) Using bluetooth voice dial.

I and many others have the same issue, may want to change the name of your post to reflect that and maybe we can compile details here. EB13 voice dial fix seems to only fix the non bluetooth voice dialer, but as soon as you turn on a bt headset you will see the behavior you mention.

If you are using complete stock EB13 people have been saying BT voice dialing works fine.

I'm hoping one of the devs finds us a fix soon, I would really like this working but wont go back to stock eb13 :)
[Epic 4G General] antila:
I'm using eb13 stock and you are right, i'm getting this error on BT voice dial. I don't know you noticed it or not but it is not working without Bluetooth. I mean, it doesn't say anything and I couldn't say anything to the Voice Dial without BT.
[Epic 4G General] antila:
By the way, I've noticed that Vlingo is working.
[Epic 4G General] mgh333:
Any Fix for this yet?
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
Voice dialing works fine in EC05. However I don't know why they can't have a voice READ you the incoming call as a standard feature...hell, it was in crap-ass Windows Mobile. And Vlingo is just too invasive an app for me to consider.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Flash any custom ROM or go to full EC05 stock. BT voice dialing works fine in either.

Do you BONSAI?
[Nexus S General] wasya152:
well, i got the OTA update for the nexus one and the colors after the update are better than ever. the grays looks great. but my nexus s, the grays and whites look like crap. i had the phones side by side, and the gray on the nexus one look like they are supposed to, but on the nexus s it just looks washed out.
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
There are about 10 million threads about this (thats obviously hyperbole, there are actually four I can think of). The truth is that there appear to be at least two different iterations of the Nexus S SAMOLED which means that for some the colors on 2.3.3 are amazing (both my wife and I fall into this category) whereas others seem to feel that there is something lacking. If this is how you feel, there is a kernel mod being developed that will include advanced color calibration controls as well as a some presets.
[Nexus S General] NexusDro:
To add on to that, I don't see any colour change on my Nexus One. Don't see anyone talking about it either.
[Nexus S General] mingkee:
I don't have to worry it anymore as I applied Voodoo kernel and KB3 radio. Now the phone looks much better than ever.
[Galaxy Tab General] Extroid:
Nexus S is available in best buy. It works great with T-Mobile.

Nexus S and TMobile's Galaxy Tab both made by Samsung, and share a lot of same specs:

Same CPU, Same GPU, especially Same Radio:

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100

I wonder if we any expert could take Nexus S' firmware out and flash into T-Mobile's Tab?

Could it make both 3G Data and Voice work?
[Galaxy Tab General] rangercaptain:
Same specs as the vibrant. I don't want to flash a vibrant rom or kernal, but I want to know about copying key files like the efs folder, or the ril or lib files.
[Galaxy Tab General] GANJDROID:
That's like saying the earth and moon share the same specs in the sense that they're round. :p

Same specs don't mean they'll work eg Nexus One and the Desire were exactly the same, but you couldn't flash a Nexus rom on a Desire or vice versa.

Sent from my GT-P1000
[Galaxy Tab General] foxmeister:
They weren' *exactly* the same - just *mostly*! :)

Regards,

Dave
[Desire Themes and Apps] smokinram01:
wanting a boot of Transformers just Optimusprime only if someone could help me out.....please
[Desire Themes and Apps] desireman:
search for 'boot animation' on android market
[Desire Themes and Apps] snowwhite007:
Theres no decent app in market that allows u to push to it